March 2005

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I started beekeeping in 1996 and have been doing it on and off since then. For about a decade, I kept a blog of my adventures. Haven’t updated it in a while, but ya never know.

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Hot Tubbin’ Bees

Well, it finally got out of hand. The girls seemed to be becoming more and more enamored with my hot tub, to the point where …

March 27, 2005

Requeen soon

I wasn’t quite sure when we were supposed to requeen. Julie did some poking, and the Puget Sound Beekeeper’s Association says we should requeen in April / May. Girlfrien’, your days are numbered!

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March 12, 2005

Hive 2 Lives!

Hive 1 has been busy spring cleaning, but Hive 2 has been sooo quiet I thought they had just plum died out. I mean, there was nothin’ goin’ on, nobody coming, nobody going. Well, imagine …

March 9, 2005

Spring cleaning

Did a quick exterior check today. I noticed that Hive 1 has a big build-up of a dry sandy mix of garbage that they’re moving out. It looks like a mixture of pollen, wax, mold …

March 6, 2005

Of medicine and hot tubs

I mixed up some medicine to treat the girls’ Nosema tonight. 1 tsp Fumigilin-B to 1 c. cool water, then mixed that into a gallon of sugar syrup, and that into 1 qt mason jars. …

March 3, 2005

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